Improvement in atomizers



H. 'WEINHAGEN) Atomizer.

No. 201,967. Patented April 2,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WEINHAGEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;

IMPROVEMENT IN ATOMIZERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,967, dated April 2,1878; application filed January 19, 1878.

and-useful Improvements in Atomizers, of

which the following is,a specification:

My invention relates to atomizers of the kind commonly employed tofacilitate the inhaling of medicated liquids; and its object is tocombine or organize all the parts commonly comprised in such articles inone instrument.

My invention consists in an atomizer for inhaling medicinal vapors,comprising the combination of a base or stand, a steam-generator, avessel for medicinal liquids, suction and supply tubes, a face-shield,and a handle extendin g from the base or stand on the side nearest theface-shield, andconnected with thebracket for supporting the vessel formedicinal liquids, whereby I produce a durable instrument, which may behandled with great facility, because well balanced, and which entailsless danger of burning the wrist when turning the instrument toward themouth than do those atomizers which are provided with a handle on theside of the base or stand farthest from the face-shield.

My invention also consists in a face-shield for an atomizer, comprisinga flaring mouth, a tubular portion, and having in one side of saidtubular portion a bulge, cavity, or chamber for collecting condensedliquid, and isolated entirely from the flaring mouth, whereby the saidchamber does not interfere with the passage of the spray of liquidthrough'the shield.

It also consists in details of construction to be hereinafter explained.

. support a steam-generator of suitable form.

B designates a steam-generator of spherical or spheroidal form, providedwith a filling-mouth, c, fitted with a screw-cap, d, having a flange, e,which rests upon the top of the base-piece or stand A, and having a flatbottom, which enables it to stand upon any flat support in an uprightposition. It is also provided with a socket, f, in which is fitted asuction-tube, O, surrounded by a packing, g, of cork or other suitablematerial, and connected with a supply-tube, D, so that the ends of thetwo tubes are in proximity to each other, and that a jet of steamissuing from the suction-tube will induce a suction at the mouth or tipof the supply-tube, sucking or drawing up liquid and atomizing it in theordinary manner. E designates a vessel for containing medicated liquids,which may be of glass or other suitable material, and is shown as ofcylindrical form, terminating in a flaring mouth or top. This vessel Eis supported upon an arm or bracket, F, shown as extending from thebase-piece or stand A, and connected to the upper end of a handle, G,shown also as extending from the base-pieceor stand A. Preferably thearm or bracket F is provided with a cup, S, into which the vessel E maybe fitted, and thereby precluded from displacement. H designates a faceshield or tube, made of glass or other suitable material, occupying ahorizontal, or nearly horizontal, position on the same side of thebase-piece or stand as the handle G, and having a flaring mouth oppositethe tips or adjacent ends of the suction and supply tubes 0 D. It issupported in a holder, I, which may advantageously consist of asemicircular spring-clasp, supported by an arm, J, fitting in a socket,K, arranged on the arm or bracket F or handle G, or at the junction ofthese two parts, said arm J being removable from the socket K atpleasure. 1f preferable, it may loo-supported in the two-arm holder M.(Shown in dotted v outline.)

I have shown this face shield or tube Has provided on the lower side orportion of its wall with a bulge, H, forming a chamber, in which liquidformed by the condensation of steam and collection of the atomizedmedicated liquid therein may collect, and thereby be precluded fromentering the mouth of the patient. This face shield or tube H is preferably inclined slightly toward the vessel E, conthe vessel for medicinalliquids, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. 'A face-shield for an atomizer, comprising a flaring mouth, a tubularportion, and a bulge, cavity, or chamber in one side of said tubularportion, and entirely isolated from the said flaring mouth,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

t H. WEINHAGEN.

Witnesses:

CHANDLER HALL,

EDWIN H. BROW'N.

